diff --git a/.github/workflows/init.yml b/.github/workflows/init.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index a6b1853..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/init.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-# Workflow runs only once when the template is first used.
-# File can be safely deleted after repo is initialized.
-name: Initialize repository
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-
-jobs:
-  initialize-package:
-    name: Initialize the package
-    if: ${{github.event.repository.name != 'aind-library-template'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    env:
-      REPO_NAME: ${{ github.event.repository.name }}
-      GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
-    steps:
-    - name: Checkout
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - name: Rename package
-      run: |
-        pkg_name=$(echo "${REPO_NAME}" | tr - _)
-        current_description='description = "Prints messages to stdout. Simple boilerplate for libraries."'
-        new_description='description = "Generated from aind-library-template"'
-        readme_description='Template for a minimal, basic repository for an AIND library.'
-        new_readme_description='Generated from aind-library-template'
-        echo "Package Name ${pkg_name}"
-        mkdir src/${pkg_name}
-        touch src/${pkg_name}/__init__.py
-        echo '"""Init package"""' >> src/${pkg_name}/__init__.py
-        echo '__version__ = "0.0.0"' >> src/${pkg_name}/__init__.py
-        sed -i "s/aind_library_template/${pkg_name}/" pyproject.toml
-        sed -i "s/aind-library-template/${REPO_NAME}/" pyproject.toml
-        sed -i "s/aind_library_template/${pkg_name}/" docs/source/conf.py
-        sed -i "s/${current_description}/${new_description}/" pyproject.toml
-        sed -i "/pandas/d" pyproject.toml
-        sed -i "s/aind-library-template/${REPO_NAME}/" README.md
-        sed -i "s/${readme_description}/${new_readme_description}/" README.md
-    - name: Commit changes
-      uses: EndBug/add-and-commit@v9
-      with:
-        default_author: github_actions
-        message: "ci: version bump [skip actions]"
-        add: '["pyproject.toml", "README.md", "src/*", "docs/source/conf.py"]'
-        remove: '["-r src/aind_library_template", "tests/test_message_handler.py"]'
-    - name: Add first tag
-      run: |
-        git tag v0.0.0
-        git push origin v0.0.0
-    - name: Disable workflow
-      run: |
-        gh workflow disable -R $GITHUB_REPOSITORY "${{ github.workflow }}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tag_and_publish.yml b/.github/workflows/tag_and_publish.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index f0c90d0..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/tag_and_publish.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,89 +0,0 @@
-name: Tag and publish
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-# Remove line 65 to enable automated semantic version bumps.
-# Change line 71 from "if: false" to "if: true" to enable PyPI publishing. 
-# Requires that svc-aindscicomp be added as an admin to repo.
-jobs:
-  update_badges:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    continue-on-error: true
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      with:
-        ref: ${{ env.DEFAULT_BRANCH }}
-        fetch-depth: 0
-        token: ${{ secrets.SERVICE_TOKEN }}
-    - name: Set up Python 3.10
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-      with:
-        python-version: '3.10'
-    - name: Install dependencies
-      run: | 
-        python -m pip install -e .[dev] --no-cache-dir
-    - name: Get Python version and Update README.md
-      run: |
-        python_version=$(grep "requires-python" pyproject.toml | grep -o ">=[^\"]*")
-        python_badge=$(grep -o 'python-[^)]*' README.md)
-        new_python_badge="python-$python_version-blue?logo=python"
-        sed -i "s/$python_badge/$new_python_badge/g" README.md
-    - name: Get interrogate values and Update README.md
-      run: |
-        interrogate_val=$(interrogate . | grep -o 'actual: [0-9]*\.[0-9]*' | awk '{print $2}')
-        interrogate_badge=$(grep -o 'interrogate-[^)]*' README.md)
-        if (( $(echo "$interrogate_val >= 90.00" | bc -l) )); then
-            new_interrogate_badge="interrogate-$interrogate_val%25-brightgreen"
-        elif (( $(echo "$interrogate_val < 80.00" | bc -l) )); then
-            new_interrogate_badge="interrogate-$interrogate_val%25-red"
-        else
-            new_interrogate_badge="interrogate-$interrogate_val%25-yellow"
-        fi
-        sed -i "s/$interrogate_badge/$new_interrogate_badge/g" README.md
-    - name: Get Coverage values and Update README.md
-      run: |
-        coverage run -m unittest discover
-        coverage_val=$(coverage report | grep "^TOTAL" | grep -o '[0-9]\+%' | grep -o '[0-9]\+')
-        coverage_badge=$(grep -o "coverage-[^?]*" README.md)
-        if (( $(echo "$coverage_val >= 90.00" | bc -l) )); then 
-            new_coverage_badge="coverage-$coverage_val%25-brightgreen"
-        elif (( $(echo "$coverage_val < 80.00" | bc -l) )); then
-            new_coverage_badge="coverage-$coverage_val%25-red"
-        else
-            new_coverage_badge="coverage-$coverage_val%25-yellow"
-        fi
-        sed -i "s/$coverage_badge/$new_coverage_badge/g" README.md
-    - name: Commit changes
-      uses: EndBug/add-and-commit@v9
-      with:
-        default_author: github_actions
-        message: "ci: update badges [skip actions]"
-        add: '["README.md"]'
-  tag:
-    needs: update_badges
-    if: ${{github.event.repository.name == 'aind-library-template'}}
-    uses: AllenNeuralDynamics/aind-github-actions/.github/workflows/tag.yml@main
-    secrets:
-      SERVICE_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SERVICE_TOKEN }}
-  publish:
-    needs: tag
-    if: false
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Pull latest changes
-        run: git pull origin main
-      - name: Set up Python 3.10
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-        with:
-          python-version: '3.10'
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: |
-          pip install --upgrade setuptools wheel twine build
-          python -m build
-          twine check dist/*
-      - name: Publish on PyPI
-        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
-        with:
-          password: ${{ secrets.AIND_PYPI_TOKEN }}